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Why Detroit Lions RB Wes Hills' journey to the NFL 'damn near brought a tear to my eye'

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You could make a movie about Wes Hills’ journey to the NFL.

Played for a small school. Overcame a personal struggle. Was entirely out of football. Then, of course, he makes it big and scores a touchdown in his first NFL game. Then he scores another.

Then someone decides that’s going too far, fires the screenwriter and scraps the script.

Good thing for Hills that he doesn’t need a Hollywood hack to doctor up his life’s story.